Transportation
National Highway 218 Nalati-Baluntai Highway Project resumes construction
Seetao 2022-05-19 10:11
  • The Naba project has a total length of 215.391 kilometers and is an important passage between the northern and southern Xinjiang.
  • After the completion of the Naba project, the travel time between northern and southern Xinjiang will be shortened
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In May, the construction of various sections of the Nalati-Baluntai Highway Project of National Highway 218, which connects famous scenic spots such as Nalati, Gongnaisi, Tangbula, and Bayinbulak in series, resumed one after another, and highway builders seized the effective construction. During the period, we will make every effort to promote the construction of the project.

Project Overview

The Naba Highway Project starts from Nalati Town, Xinyuan County, and connects with the existing G218 line from Yining to Nalati Expressway. Baluntai Town is connected to the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway of the G0711 line under construction, with a total length of 215.391 kilometers.

The Naba Highway Project is located in the hinterland of the Tianshan Mountains. It is an important part of the main skeleton network of the "six horizontal, six vertical, seven hubs, and eight channels" expressways in the "13th Five-Year Plan" of Xinjiang's transportation. It can reach Urumqi via Wuwei Expressway in the north. It is an important channel connecting the northern and southern Xinjiang, and it is also an auxiliary channel for the Lianhuo Expressway of the G30 line.

Projects resume work

On May 16, 2022, at the construction site of the Naba Highway Project, excavators were working hard to excavate, graders followed closely to level the road, and water trucks shuttled back and forth to sprinkle water. All construction procedures were advanced in an orderly manner. Located in the Aiken Tunnel Exit Work Area of the Fifth Bid Section of Naba Highway, Elezaite Ulu Township, Hejing County, workers are carrying out operations such as bolting, reinforced mesh laying, cement concrete spraying, etc., to carry out tunnel opening protection construction construction.

Li Jie, deputy secretary of the party branch and general manager of Xinjiang Naba Expressway Development Co., Ltd., said that at present, the qualified bidding sections of the project have resumed work one after another, and they are organizing and dispatching all construction units to speed up the construction at full speed to ensure the completion of this year's plan. target task.

Promote economic and social development

The scenery along the project is beautiful and the tourism resources are rich. After completion, it will become a convenient passage between the Ili River Valley and Korla in southern Xinjiang, and the driving time between Nalati and Baluntai will be shortened from the current 5 hours to 2 hours.

The pilot section of the project started last year, and the project is constructed according to the standard of four-lane first-class highway, with a planned construction period of 5 years. After the project is completed, it will be of great significance to improve the investment and development environment in northern and southern Xinjiang, and promote regional economic and social development, mineral development, and tourism development. Editor / Zhao E

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